Course Description
This training course on architecture concepts, introduces you to all the essential approaches and concepts involved in business, data, applications, software and infrastructure architecture.
Target Audience
Business analysts, project managers, business change managers and anyone who requires a thorough introduction to business-related architectures.
Course Content
Introduction to business-related architectures
- The rationale underpinning business-related architectures
- The definition of architecture
- The range and purpose of business related architectures
- The roles of architects
Fundamentals of architecture
- The scope of business related architectures
- Architecture descriptions
- Architecture models
- Abstraction
Core concepts, shapes and patterns
- Modularity – complexity & simplicity
- Systems hierarchy
- Architecture landscape
- Architectural domains
- Enterprise architecture
- Business architecture
- Data architecture
- Application architecture
- Infrastructure architecture
- Service viewpoint
Pre-cursors to architecture
- Organisational motivation
- High-level drivers
- Influencers
- Approaches and frameworks
- Requirements traceability
- Constraints
Business architecture
- Rationale for business architecture
- Definition of business architecture
- Scope of business architecture
- Key artefacts
- Organisational culture
Data architecture
- Rationale for data architecture
- Definition of data architecture
- Scope of data architecture
- Core concepts, including information and data architecture
Applications architecture
- Rationale for application architecture
- Definition of application architecture
- Scope of application architecture
- Application types, components and services
- Application architecture artefacts
Software architecture
- Rationale for software architecture
- Definition and scope of software architecture
- Software architecture components
- Software architecture artefacts
- Component design principles
Infrastructure architecture
- Rationale for infrastructure architecture
- Definition and scope of infrastructure architecture
- Infrastructure architecture artefacts
- Technology architecture
Governance & change management
- Rationale for governance
- Definition and scope of governance
- Governance frameworks
- Issues for business related architecture
